Un crapaud dans le salon
Vue de l’exposition Piano player n°2, duo show avec Mio Chareteau, ZQM, Berlin, octobre 2017.
Le dispositif est une invitation à un musicien. Sa proposition doit se faire autour d’un piano.
Activation n°1 : Le compositeur Yannick Bégneux enregistre la première lecture d’une de ses partitions par un pianiste, juin 2013, ensad, Paris.
Activation n°2 : La performance White Piece de Mio Chareteau a été activée par la pianiste Hildegard Kleeb à l’occasion du Berliner Gesellschaft Für Neue Musik – Festival 2017 Sonification. Et comme un écho, un crapaud dans le salon diffuse l’enregistrement chez ZQM. La partition est la suivante : «White Piece is a performance for piano solo. The pianist sits at the grand piano and takes a pile of 150 white paper cards. He starts throwing the cards inside the instrument, one every four seconds. The performance ends when all the cards have been thrown. The piano strings should be entirely covered.»
MDF, laiton, laque, système audio, 150 x 150 cm, avril 2013.
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Exhibition view : «Piano player n°2», Quentin Lefranc & Mio Chareteau ZQM, Berlin, 2017.
Like a Piano player, his installation «Un crapaud dans le salon» plays back contemporary music pieces for piano. For each opus a new composition is presented. For the second opus presented in Berlin, «Piano player n°2» plays a performance for piano solo by Mio Chareteau.
In «White Piece», Mio Chareteau is rethinking the classical piano piece by bringing one simple gesture in the spotlight. A white page, an indeterminate composition, a pianist who does not touch her instrument, but treats it with distance and restraint. On the border between still life, minimal music and meticulous performance. «White Piece» is dedicated to the pianist Hildegard Kleeb.
The performance «White Piece» was presented at the Berliner Gesellschaft Für Neue Musik – Festival 2017 Sonification on sunday October 29 2017
Wood, lacquer, speaker, soundtrack, 150 x 150 cm, 2013-2015.